Subject: (Fwd) Re: Amorites and the names they left behind
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:22:17 -0700
Friends,
I received this question a while back and so far I'm not doing well
finding the answers. Can anybody here help?
Thanks,
Dave
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> > I seem to recall from my studies, certain Hebrew names beginning with
> > 'yod' such as Joshua, Joseph, Jeremiah, and so on, are in a class known
> > as "Amorite Y(?)-perfectives.
> >
> > I can't seem to dig up any information on this anywhere, and I'd
> > appreciate it if you could give me some references.
> >
> > I'm quite curious as to why "Amorite" as opposed to "Moabite" or any of
> > the others.
Dave Washburn http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11
(Fwd) Re: Amorites and the names they left behind,
Dave Washburn, 01/23/2000